McCain VS Obama In Colorado Springs (KKTV-Colorado Springs) there are more registered Republicans than Democrats, but at one point earlier this year the number of unaffiliated voters surpassed both.

Democrats post big gains in voter registration (AP/Rockford Register Star) Both Obama and his Republican rival, John McCain, are fighting for independent swing voters, and many of the new Democrats had been unaffiliated voters. The number of unaffiliated voters dropped by nearly 900,000 since 2006. Many joined the Democratic Party to take part in the primaries and caucuses, and now they will now be targeted by an aggressive get-out-the-vote campaign.

Obama in trouble (by Susan Nielsen, The Oregonian) McCain convention speech was a post-partisan ode to better governance. However, Palin pushed every partisan button and shored up conservative support for McCain -- and she did it while playing the winsome folk hero, a glossy-haired Everywoman in a sea of dull men.